John Gibson of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, said he recently took his family on vacation to Phoenix, where his grandchildren used his SaskTel mobile Internet to watch Netflix movies on a laptop computer, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.

Gibson said he was shocked when his SaskTel bill arrived and the amount exceeded $10,000. He said he was told the charges resulted from heavy data usage outside of the company's service area, causing roaming charges to accumulate.

Gibson said he spoke to the company and they agreed to reduce the bill to $1,000. He said the experience was a pricy lesson.

Geotags on smartphones make cyberstalking easy - 02/04/12http://www.ktvl.com/articles/don-1203657-smartphones-ore.htmlMany smartphone users don't realize that the pictures they take on their phones can give the exact location of where they are located through something called geotags. Lieutenant Josh Moulin works with Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force.

The dark web: Guns and drugs for sale on the internet's secret black market - 02/03/12http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16801382Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the 'dark web' - anonymous, virtually untraceable global networks used by political activists and criminals alike. You have the availability of multiple dealers so you can compare products - and customers can review the dealer's product, too."

Rainbow Lake man accused of stalking - 02/03/12http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/529114/Rainbow-Lake-man-accused-of-stalking.html?nav=5008A Rainbow Lake man was arrested Thursday for allegedly stalking a woman and her teenage daughter from Warren County. Steve D. Kolnsberg, 55, faces 10 counts of second-degree aggravated harassment, a class A misdemeanor. He was arrested by Warren County sheriff's deputies following what they said was "a lengthy investigation involving the ongoing online harassment of a Queensbury woman and her fourteen-year-old daughter."

Woman Fights Man She Met Online for Baby - 02/03/12http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Woman-Fights-Man-She-Met-Online-for-Baby-138598249.htmlKristy Gaffney says she thought she’d found love when she met a man online. Now the Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania woman claims she’s in the battle of her life – fighting for the child they had. “I thought like he was Mr. Perfect, ha, ha,” Gaffney told NBC10 Investigator Harry Hairston. “There’s no words for it. I’m just so angry at him."

Woman describes 'sheer horror' after online impostor takes photos - 02/02/12http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10671270/As a former model and daughter of a photographer, Lydia Lange has been the subject of thousands of pictures. She posted many of them on her personal Facebook page and fashion blog. Little did she know, someone was copying her photos and posting them online under the name “Jenny.”

TripAdvisor reviews can't be trusted: Website fails to vet comments, says watchdog - 02/02/12http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094602/TripAdvisor-reviews-trusted.html#ixzz1lcJOQGIFTripAdvisor can no longer claim to offer ‘trusted and honest’ reviews, the advertising watchdog has ruled. It said that because the world’s biggest travel website does not vet its 50 million users’ comments, it cannot guarantee they are genuine. The site promises to provide reliable reviews from travellers about hotels, restaurants and airlines around the world.

Social networking sites fuelling stalking, report warns - 02/01/12http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/01/social-media-smartphones-stalkingNew forms of digital technology and social networking sites such as Facebook are increasingly putting people at risk of stalking, according to a report published on Wednesday. The study, from Women's Aid and the Network for Surviving Stalking, warns that mobile phones, particularly smartphones, are increasingly being targeted. Spyware could be installed on the phone in "less than five minutes", allowing a stalker to listen remotely to the phone's surroundings, intercept calls, track text messages and the location of a device if it has GPS hardware.

Carder Forced Gang Members to Have Sex to Weed Out Undercover Feds - 01/31/12http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/carder-sex-gang/The mastermind of a carding gang in Georgia devised a novel way for weeding out undercover Feds from his operation ­ he forced members to have group sex, according to a local police detective who helped bust the ring. Vikas Yadav, an Indian national who was deported in 2010, recruited other carders and mules through sadomasochism web sites, forcing would-be accomplices to have group sex with other men and women while Yadav videotaped them, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.

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